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Legal rights for pregnant employees - including paid time off for antenatal appointments, maternity leave and pay, protection against discrimination and telling the employer about the pregnancy.
Working, time off and financial support when you have a baby, registering a birth
Advice to give pregnant women on infections that can be transmitted via contact with animals that are or have recently given birth.
This leaflet describes the vaccinations that help protect you and your baby during and after pregnancy.
Safety leaflet to help you understand the latest information about the effects of pregabalin during pregnancy.
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
Healthy Start is an NHS scheme that helps women who are pregnant or have young children and are receiving benefits, buy foods such as milk or fruit.
Employers’ guide to the right for employees entitled to take unpaid time off work to accompany a pregnant woman to antenatal appointments.
Flowchart for assessing women who have travelled while pregnant to areas with active Zika virus transmission.
An overview of risks to pregnant women from infections: current screening, vaccination, treatment and prevention programmes.
Advice for health professionals on pregnant women who are inadvertently vaccinated against chicken pox (varicella), shingles or measles, mumps, rubella.
Vaccination resources for health professionals and immunisation practitioners.
Information about COVID-19 and pregnancy from the Royal College of Obstretricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).
These publications explain NHS antenatal screening programme tests, possible results and follow-up tests.
Detention services order 05/2016 about Home Office policy on pregnant women in detention.
Information for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination.
Evidence-based frameworks providing structure for local areas to prevent unplanned teenage pregnancies and support young parents and their children.
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